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Why do I need a WordPress.com account?

Since Jetpack and its services are provided and hosted by WordPress.com, a WordPress.com account is required for Jetpack to function.

I already have a WordPress account, but Jetpack isn’t working. What’s going on?

A WordPress.com account is different from the account you use to log into your self-hosted WordPress. If you can log into WordPress.com, then you already have a WordPress.com account. If you can’t, you can easily create one during installation.

JSON API: Updated the modules endpoint Jetpack’s JSON API to reply with a new property override that indicates if a module was either enabled or disabled by a filter.

Lazy Images: Updated the library used as IntersectionObserver for Lazy Images. We now use the W3C IntersectionObserver polyfill.

Lazy Images: Jetpack now allows the lazy images module to skip images with the skip-lazy css class or any given class of your choice by using the jetpack_lazy_images_blacklisted_classes filter.

Masterbar: Updated the sign out button behaviour of the Masterbar to not sign you out of WordPress.com when you sign out of your site for regular Jetpack sites.

REST API: Updated the modules endpoint in Jetpack’s REST API to be aware of modules that have been filtered through option_jetpack_active_modules allowing for better compatibility with custom Jetpack installation where the administr’ator decides to filter out specific Jetpack modules.

WordAds: Updated WordAds code to not use create_function which is getting deprecated in PHP 7.2.

5.8

Release date: February 6, 2018

Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-731

Major Enhancements

Lazy Images: after a Beta period, you can now enable this new feature from Jetpack > Settings in your dashboard.

Elasticsearch-powered search: also out of Beta! We’ve improved the way data is indexed behind the scenes, and made changes to the Search widget and its filters. (Elasticsearch is a trademark of Elasticsearch BV, registered in the U.S. and in other countries.)

Enhancements

Comment moderation tools: moderation emails now point to WordPress.com when using the edit_links_calypso_redirect option.

Custom CSS: add CSS Grid Layout ’support.

Dashboard: update list of features available in Paid plans.

Dashboard: improve the display of notices inside the Jetpack dashboard.

Dashboard: update content displayed in the Jetpack dashboard when not connected to WordPress.com.

Development mode: improve the display of the development notice.

General: add a new filter, jetpack_active_modules, allowing site owners to filter the list of active modules.

Notices: add rel tags to notice links to avoid is’sues when links open in a new window.

Onboarding: add functionality for saving Business Address in the Contact Info widget.

Onboarding: save site type during site setup process.

Onboarding: enable loading of specific modules when using the Onboarding process.

Post Images: allow passing size when searching for images in HTML.

REST API: update the plugin installation process to use a new library.

REST API: allow changing the number of posts displayed in the RSS feed, and whether feeds display full text or a ’summary.

REST API: simplify our invites endpoint.

Sharing: make ’sure the Whatsapp button works on mobile and on desktop.

5.7.1

Settings: Made ’sure that the Security tab is no longer constantly updating the displayed information.

5.7

Release date: January 2, 2018

Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-6FR

Enhancements

Added ability to create revisions of Portfolio Projects.

Users hosting their sites with our Pressable partner who have Rewind access can now jump from the new Activity card in the Jetpack dashboard to the Activity Log in WordPress.com and restore or download backups for the site.

Comments: Edit links for comments in the frontend can redirect to calypso if the Jetpack option edit_links_calypso_redirect is enabled.

Protect: Updated the styling of the Protect page for recovering access to your site when you’re locked out of it.

Search: Improved the UI for customizing the Search widget.

Improved compatibility

Comments: Updated our filtering behavior for Jetpack comments so other plugins appending html to the comments section are able to do it instead of being filtered out by Jetpack.

Widgets: We updated Goodreads URLs to ’support https schema.

Masterbar: We now hide the Masterbar settings card in Jetpack’s Admin Page for sites that are set to always show the Masterbar.

Search: Added hooks to the search filters widget so that other plugins/themes can hook in and change its output.

Bug fixes

REST API: Added a check for avoiding a fatal error when attempting to include Akismet class files in case the Akismet plugin files are present but the permissions on the files there are set to be not readable

Search: Fixed the link that acts as a month and year filter removal toggle.

5.6.1

Release date: December 14, 2017

Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-6Jk

Contact Forms: Hardened security in Contact Form processing.

Sharing: Bumped the character limit to 280 when sharing a post to Twitter.

Widget Visibility: Fixed a bug that disabled “saving” the widget when removing a Widget Visibility rule.

5.6

Release date: December 5, 2017

Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-6zt

Major Enhancements
* Google Analytics: Add ’support for universal analytics for WooCommerce.
* Performance: minify all JavaScript files used in the plugin.
* Performance: add new Lazy Images module.
* Protect: add new mechanism allowing you to send yourself an email with a link to the form when you are locked out of your site.

Enhancements
* Custom CSS: add new set of font properties that can be used in the CSS editor.
* Photon: do not remove width and height attributes from image tags when known.
* Sitemaps: add CLI commands to purge and built the sitemaps.
* Sitemaps: only display the reporter log ’success messages if JETPACK_DEV_DEBUG is defined.
* WordPress.com API: add new endpoints to allow for better comment management in third party interfaces like WordPress.com.
* WordPress.com Toolbar: prevent dns prefetching for logged out users.

5.5.1

In Jetpack 5.5 we made some changes that created errors if you were using other plugins that added custom links to the Plugins menu. This is now fixed.

We have fixed a problem that did not allow to upload plugins using API requests.

Open Graph links in post headers are no longer invalid in some special cases.

We fixed warnings happening when syncing users with WordPress.com.

We updated the way the Google+ button is loaded to match changes made by Google, to en’sure the button is always displayed properly.

We fixed conflicts between Jetpack’s Responsive Videos and the updates made to Video players in WordPress 4.9.

We updated Publicize’s message length to match Twitter’s new 280 character limit.

5.5

Release date: November 7, 2017

Release post: https://wp.me/p1moTy-6rk

Major Enhancements

Jetpack is now fully compatible with WordPress’s new Gallery Widget. Your old Gallery widgets powered by Jetpack will switch to the new Widget when you update to WordPress 4.9.

Enhancements

We have improved the performance when loading the Jetpack Settings in the dashboard by optimizing the number of calls made when loading the page.

We have updated the plugin to do a better job of cleaning up after itself whenever you decide to remove Jetpack from your site.

We made some changes to reduce the number of connection is’sues that may happen on a site when switching from HTTP to HTTPs.

We made some performance improvements to the Jetpack dashboard interface, to make ’sure your options and settings are loaded faster there.

Error messages are also better in the Jetpack Dashboard; whenever you can’t update settings, Jetpack will provide you with more information about why.

We improved the Jetpack update process to make ’sure updating Jetpack does not stress your database during it, even on high-traffic sites.

The next version of WordPress, 4.9, will be released very soon and will include a lot of changes to its code editors. Jetpack’s Custom CSS will be fully compatible with the new editors and their syntax highlighting feature.